BELDEN'S MAN APPOINTED; CHANGE IN THE INTER-STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. MARTIN A. KNAPP OF SYRACUSE APPOINTED A COMMISSIONER IN PLACE OF THE HON. AUGUSTUS SCHOONMAKER -- MR. KNAPP'S CAREER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. -- If Inter-State Commerce Commissioner Cooley had resigned his office at this time, as some of his friends, knowing his delicate state of health, believed he would, the President might have responded favorably to the request that he reappoint the Hon. Augustus Schoonmaker, whose term expired a short time ago.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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